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When whales dress in seaweed

A whale coming out of the water

Der will nur spielen. Oder? Credit: Buddhilini de Soyza/Cover Images

A German whale researcher in Australia has documented how whales play with seaweed. Seaweed is playfully put on as a "hat" or used for peeling when it itches. This is not the first astonishing discovery about the sometimes bizarre behaviour of marine mammals.


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By Barbara Barkhausen

Presented by Julia Grewe

Source: SBS



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A German whale researcher in Australia has documented how whales play with seaweed. Seaweed is playfully put on as a "hat" or used for peeling when it itches. This is not the first astonishing discovery about the sometimes bizarre behaviour of marine mammals.



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